Whole Product Dynamic Real World Protection Test – March 2012

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http://kensek.blogspot.com/2012/05/whole-product-dynamic-real-world.html

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AV-Comparatives.org has released their latest Whole Product Dynamic Real World Protection Test – March 2012.  An informative document will be updated several times over the course of the year.  What’s even more interesting than  the results alphabetically by vendor  is going online and sorting by performance.  Isn’t that what it’s all about? The numbers below are "percent captured".

1. 99.8 – BitDefender
2. 99.8 – G Data
3. 99.4 – Kaspersky
4. 99.2 – BullGuard
5. 98.6 – Qihoo

The above constitutes a bit of reshuffling from the results published in November 2011.  Avast was the top performing free vendor, in the sixth position.  Tencent (85.0), McAfee (88.1), and Webroot (89.3) were the lowest performing vendors in the test.

October Results Whole Product Dynamic Real World Protection Test

1. 99.6 – G Data
2. 99.6 – Kaspersky
3. 99.6 - Qihoo
4. 99.6 – Symantec
5. 99.4 – BitDefender

About AV-comparatives.org - www.av-comparatives.org

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which is providing independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public.  For the March 2012 document, go to:

http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/dyn/avc_factsheet2012_03.pdf

August through November 2011 AV-comparatives.org Whole Product Dynamic Test

AV-Comparatives has released the Whole Product Dynamic Test for the August through November timeframe. The top five products are listed below. The top five products in the March through June timeframe – Symantec, F-Secure, BitDefender, G Data, and Trend Micro. All of these were in the top 10 in the latter half of the year.

August through November Results AV–comparatives.org Whole Product Dynamic Test

1. 99.5 – Symantec
2. 99.4 – BitDefender
3. 99.1 - Kaspersky
4. 98.9 – Qihoo
5. 98.8 – Trend Micro

Of the above, only Trend Micro did not receive the Three Star Advanced Rating. F-Secure and G Data did, however. PC Tools and Webroot were at the bottom for the latter half of the year. They received the not so coveted “Tested” designation.

To see complete results for the latter half of the year (17 vendors), go to http://www.av-comparatives.org/en/comparativesreviews/dynamic-tests

The burning question for 2011 – How many toothpicks does it take to safely surf Facebook?

About AV-comparatives.org

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which is providing independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public. Free is a good thing.

www.av-comparatives.org

AV-Comparatives Anti-Virus Comparative Retrospective Test - November 2011

AV-Comparatives has released their Anti-Virus Comparative Retrospective Test (static detection of new/unknown malicious software) – November 2011. Twelve vendors were included in the test. In general, the company’s antivirus 2012 products were used, not the internet security suite 2012 products.

Seven vendors received advanced (3 star) ratings In Av-comparatives November test. In order, these were G Data, Avira, Eset, Kaspersky, F-Secure, and BitDefender. These all received 3 star ratings in the previous test, as well. http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_retro_nov2011.pdf .

Advanced Plus (3 star ratings) were received by 10 vendors in August, G data, Avira, Panda, F-Secure, BitDefender, Kaspersky, ESET, Avast, McAfee, and Trend Micro. http://www.av-comparatives.org/images/stories/test/ondret/avc_od_aug2011.pdf .

The table below combines a couple of results. The November test results for proactive detection of new malware (first two columns) and the Q3 AV Comparative test rankings. Note that the order in the table below doesn't match the order for the three star rankings, which take other factors into account.



















The November test evaluated only the offline heuristic/generic detection of the products against unknown/new malware, without the need to execute it or to submit it against anything else.

According to AV-Comparatives, a number of vendors declined to participate in the test. “In their opinion (the vendor), their product’s real-life capabilities are not adequately represented in the retrospective test to the absence of a live Internet connection or because URL blocking is not considered.” See page 4 of the report for additional details.

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which provides independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public.
www.av-comparatives.org

Go to the AV-comparatives website for complete details about the organization, the many tests they perform, and to download copies of tests.

October 2011 – Virus Bulletin RAP Averages Quadrant, April 2011 through October 2011

Virus Bulletin has released their latest RAP Averages Quadrant, representing April 2011 through October 2011 data. The top 10 (some eyeballing necessary) Bkis, Coranti, TrustPort, BullGuard, Qihoo, F-secure, G Data, Kaspersky, Nifty, and eScan. Bkis, Coranti, and TrustPort were the obvious top three. All of these achieved greater than 90% on Reactive Detection and Proactive Detection. Avira and Check Point came close but didn’t make the top 10 as they did for the previous quadrant. Bkis, Coranti, and TrustPort held the top three spots for another quarter. Congrats!

Below is a grid mapping this latest RAP test with av-comparatives.org On Demand Detection of Malicious Software 2011 Test. http://kensek.blogspot.com/2011/09/av-comparatives-on-demand-detection-of.html shortly.

Not all of the top ten in the Virus Bulletin Rap Averages Quadrant. However, there does seem to be a loose relationship where the better performers in the Virus Bulletin test were also the better performers in AV-comparatives.org . Kind of interesting. And, you won't read about the below on either of the two sites. Perhaps a case could be made to IPO these analyses! Or maybe get a free visit to one of the Virus Bulletin conferences.



















What’s with Kingsoft solutions? They’ve consistently been in the lower left hand corner of the grid with around 15%/20% with respect to Reactive/Proactive Detection. They’re down there again. In their case, consistency is bad.

The relative performance of vendors can best be viewed by looking at the RAP Averages Quadrant chart at http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/latest_comparative/index Subscribers to Virus Bulletin's publications have access to more details on the results.

This test measures products' detection rates across four distinct sets of malware samples. The first three test sets comprise malware first seen in each of the three weeks prior to product submission. These measure how quickly product developers and labs react to the steady flood of new malware emerging every day across the world. A fourth test set consists of malware samples first seen in the week after product submission.

AV-Comparatives is an Austrian Non-Profit-Organization, which provides independent Anti-Virus software tests free to the public.

www.av-comparatives.org

Virus Bulletin focuses its efforts in three main areas: a monthly magazine, an annual conference and bimonthly product certification. Virus Bulletin started in 1989 as a magazine dedicated to providing PC users with a regular source of intelligence about computer malware, its prevention, detection and removal, and how to recover programs and data following an attack.

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